Election

Having recently reviewed the campaign materials and always following events in local government, I have decided that the best thing I can do for the Village in tomorrow's election is to cast a bullet vote for Ms. Nureed Saeed. I hope that those who wish the best for the Village do the same.

What is a bullet vote?

stevie said:

What is a bullet vote?

It's when you only vote for a single candidate.  In this election, there are 3 seats and 4 candidates.  The top 3 vote getters win, so if you are supporting Nureed, any votes for her opponents, ultimately count against her mathematically.

People should know that you CAN vote for 1, 2 or 3 out of the 4 candidates running, in any combination.

Voted! Hope she gets a spot. I liked her at the debate. I wish Emily Hynes had decided to run as well.

I wish I had done a bullet vote. My logic was to eliminate the candidate that I least wanted as well as chose Ms. Saeed.

Ah well. How soon will we find out?

You can follow it here: 

http://www.essexclerk.com/Elec...

A squeaker so far. A lot of bullet voting - 410 under votes. 

Wow, so close. 

Wonder what district that was  that was just counted  - Saeed was trailing Schnall and she just took a big lead over Scnhall. That district was a biggie (Newstead?)

Swung back. 2 more districts to be counted.

Only a few votes apart.

Nureed is down by 16 votes with one district to go. ( district 9)

I'm on that site, where are you  seeing the districts left?

it's not on the site

Nothing new on the site. What's going on?

Nureed down by 5 votes.  One district still left

What's the district that's left?

Above Michael said district 9.

Nureed is down 22 with one district to go on this site: http://www.essexclerk.com/Elec...

What's up?   Hanging chads?

22 votes separating the 3rd and 4th place candidates. Is there a recount provision or requirement when it's that close?

I expected a banner, balloons and a crowd screaming foul.

This shows Saeed 22 votes behind with 11 out of 12 districts counted. Or is this the final?

The link shows the vote not completely counted. The 22 differential is the same number posted at 10 last night.

We have 13 districts?

Just 12. 11 have reported.

Looks like a fairly lame turnout. Does anyone know how this compares historically?

mrincredible said:

Just 12. 11 have reported.

Looks like a fairly lame turnout. Does anyone know how this compares historically?

This is where I got the number 13, but I see there is no district 5. Kind of a reversal on the concept that you never use number 13.

Congratulations to all.  It is good for us to have an election with 4 good choices.  I hope Ms. Saeed stays involved.

Yes but only 15% of eligible voters came out to cast their ballot. Apparently the results were delayed because district 9 ran out of paper to print their results?

This can't be true. Is it? WTF?

annielou said:

Yes but only 15% of eligible voters came out to cast their ballot. Apparently the results were delayed because district 9 ran out of paper to print their results?

annielou said:

Yes but only 15% of eligible voters came out to cast their ballot. Apparently the results were delayed because district 9 ran out of paper to print their results?

So do we have results now?

I hate poor turnout. I expected more in this political climate.